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Mitt Romney Flops Again With Hispanic Voters
Writer Esther J. Cepeda is a bit peeved — to say the least — about recent comments former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney made about the way the Republican Party should go about courting Hispanic voters. In a Washington Post op-ed she writes the following: Romney told the [Wall Street] Journal that in addition to…
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Quote of the Day: John Henrik Clarke
Read more about John Henrik Clarke here. Henry Louis Gates Jr. is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and the director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African-American Research at Harvard University. He is also the editor-in-chief of The Root. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook.
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Why Was a Video Featuring an Interracial Couple Filmed at Howard?
Writer Jamilah Lemieux is still sorting out her feelings about why a music video featuring the love story of a white girl and black guy gave her pause. The video is filmed at her alma mater, Howard University, which would seem appropriate, given that the singer and lead actress, Jillian Parker, a white girl, is…
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Obama, Black Leaders: It's Complicated
In this essay, adapted from his book The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies, author Jonathan Alter breaks down the relationship between President Barack Obama and prominent African Americans, including Cornel West, the Rev. Al Sharpton and Michael Eric Dyson, from the 2012 midterm elections to his second inauguration. In July 2010 the president spotted…
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Twitter's Terrorism Buzzwords
(The Root) — What do you talk about most on Twitter? Your love of Subway sandwiches? Painful gas and bloating? The pork shoulder you caught on special at Target? Be careful — phrases as innocuous as those could get you put on a terrorist watch list. The Department of Homeland Security recently released a list…
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Touch Her Hair, but Stay Away From Mine
(The Root) — If you’re in New York City anytime Thursday or Friday, drop by Union Square to experience “You Can Touch My Hair,” a public art exhibit sponsored by the website Un’ruly, “a place for black hair.” As part of the exhibit, “strangers from all walks of life will have the welcomed opportunity to…
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Deval Patrick Got 'Drunk' After Tsarnaev's Arrest
Sometimes people celebrate and de-stress with alcohol. Sometimes they can get a little … inebriated. We probably don’t imagine our politicians doing that, but most of them don’t go through what Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick went through in April, when the entire city of Boston went on lockdown as authorities searched for marathon-bombing suspect Dzhokar…
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Bet You Don't Know What Drowning Looks Like
According to a Slate piece that’s making the rounds this week, you probably don’t know what drowning looks like. Why? Well, because when it actually happens, it doesn’t resemble what just about anyone would think of as drowning. “There is very little splashing, no waving, and no yelling or calls for help of any kind,”…
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Trayvon's Mom: I Will Have to Forgive Zimmerman
In an interview with the New York Times‘ Charles M. Blow that led the columnist to characterize her as “a tower of grace and a well of good will, a woman who misses her son desperately and is trying to make the best of an awful situation, the kind who perseveres through faith and is…
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Rihanna Visits Coco Chanel's Paris Crib
(The Root) — In today’s edition of Celebrity Lives Are More Fabulous Than Yours, Rihanna took a few moments to document her trip to Coco Chanel’s apartment in Paris on Wednesday. Yes — the Coco Chanel. “Got the keys to Coco Chanel’s apartment!!!” she tweeted. “Yesterday=Most Legendary Day in Paris!!!!” The singer toured the grounds…
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